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Rachelle Abbott,Nancy Durrant and Nick Curtis

Crazy for You’s Charlie Stemp & Tom Edden on perfect comedy timing: The Evening Standard Theatre Podcast

West End and Broadway stars Charlie Stemp and Tom Edden join us to chat about the critically acclaimed musical Crazy For You.

Charlie says this is "the hardest thing" he's ever done due to the many elements involved, including performing extremely physical choreography and comedy in perfect timing.

They also discuss the challenges of their hilarious Marx Brothers-inspired mirror scene, and reveal what it was like working with Tony award-winning theatre director Susan Stroman.

We review the National Theatre’s Bristol Old Vic Production of Dr Semmelweis at the Harold Pinter Theatre.

It's written by Stephen Brown, directed by Tom Morris and starring Mark Rylance, who you’ll know from the BBC’s adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall and Christopher Nolan’s Second World War epic Dunkirk.

Plus, we discuss Grenfell: in the words of survivors. A verbatim play, created from interviews with the residents at the heart of the Grenfell Tower fire, which killed 72 people.

It’s written by Gillian Slovo, stars Pearl Mackie and is on at the National Theatre.

Also in this episode, we pay tribute to Tara Theatre AD and CEO Abdul Shayek, discuss Spirited Away coming to London Coliseum in 2024, and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe: what theatre and comedy to book...

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